the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Hosea 2:21
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On that day I will respond—
It will happen in that day, I will respond," says the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the eretz;
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord , I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
"And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord , I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth,
"And it will come about on that day that I will respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,
"At that time I will speak to you," says the Lord . "I will speak to the skies, and they will give rain to the earth.
"It will come about in that day that I will respond," says the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens [which ask for rain to pour on the earth], and they will respond to the earth [which begs for the rain],
And in that day I wil heare, saith the Lord, I will euen heare the heauens, and they shall heare the earth,
"It will come about in that day that I will respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,
"And it will be in that day, that I will answer," declares Yahweh."I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth,
"On that day I will respond-" declares the LORD-"I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
I will command the sky to send rain on the earth,
I will betroth you to me forever; yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in grace and in compassion;
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith Jehovah, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
And at that time I will answer." This is what the Lord says. "I will speak to the skies, and they will give rain to the earth.
And it shall come to pass on that day, says the LORD, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;
At that time I will answer the prayers of my people Israel. I will make rain fall on the earth, and the earth will produce grain and grapes and olives. <
On that day I will answer, declares Yahweh, I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth.
And it shall be in that day, I will answer, says Jehovah. I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth.
At the same tyme wil I shewe my self frendly and gracious vnto ye heauens, saieth the LORDE: & the heauens shal helpe the earth,
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;
And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;
And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in compassion.
And it shall come to passe in that day, I will heare, saith the Lord, I will heare the heauens, and they shall heare the earth,
At the same tyme wyll I shewe my selfe gratious vnto the heauens saith the Lorde, and the heauens shall helpe the earth:
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, I will hearken to the heaven, and it shall hearken to the earth;
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith the LORD, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;
It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the earth;
And it schal be, in that dai Y schal here, seith the Lord, and Y schal here heuenes, and tho schulen here the erthe;
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, says Yahweh, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
"At that time, I will willingly respond," declares the Lord . "I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;
"It shall come to pass in that day That I will answer," says the LORD; "I will answer the heavens, And they shall answer the earth.
"In that day, I will answer," says the Lord . "I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds. And the sky will answer the earth with rain.
"In that day" says the Lord, "I will give an answer to the heavens, and they will give an answer to the earth.
On that day I will answer, says the Lord , I will answer the heavens and they shall answer the earth;
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will respond, Declareth Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, - and, they, shall respond to the earth;
And it shall come to pass in that day: I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth.
"And in that day, says the LORD, I will answer the heavens and they shall answer the earth;
And it hath come to pass in that day, I answer -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
saith: Isaiah 65:24, Zechariah 8:12, Zechariah 13:9, Matthew 6:33, Romans 8:32, 1 Corinthians 3:21-23
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:27 - send rain Psalms 67:6 - Then Isaiah 2:11 - in that day Isaiah 30:23 - shall he Ezekiel 36:8 - ye shall Ezekiel 36:9 - General Ezekiel 36:29 - call Joel 2:21 - be glad Amos 9:13 - plowman Zechariah 9:17 - corn
Cross-References
David took the spear and water jug that were right beside Saul's head, and they slipped away. Not a soul saw. Not a soul knew. No one woke up! They all slept through the whole thing. A blanket of deep sleep from God had fallen on them.
"In a dream, for instance, a vision at night, when men and women are deep in sleep, fast asleep in their beds— God opens their ears and impresses them with warnings To turn them back from something bad they're planning, from some reckless choice, And keep them from an early grave, from the river of no return.
Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry.
A Vision of a Ram and a Billy Goat "In King Belshazzar's third year as king, another vision came to me, Daniel. This was now the second vision. "In the vision, I saw myself in Susa, the capital city of the province Elam, standing at the Ulai Canal. Looking around, I was surprised to see a ram also standing at the gate. The ram had two huge horns, one bigger than the other, but the bigger horn was the last to appear. I watched as the ram charged: first west, then north, then south. No beast could stand up to him. He did just as he pleased, strutting as if he were king of the beasts. "While I was watching this, wondering what it all meant, I saw a billy goat with an immense horn in the middle of its forehead come up out of the west and fly across the whole country, not once touching the ground. The billy goat approached the double-horned ram that I had earlier seen standing at the gate and, enraged, charged it viciously. I watched as, mad with rage, it charged the ram and hit it so hard that it broke off its two horns. The ram didn't stand a chance against it. The billy goat knocked the ram to the ground and stomped all over it. Nothing could have saved the ram from the goat. "Then the billy goat swelled to an enormous size. At the height of its power its immense horn broke off and four other big horns sprouted in its place, pointing to the four points of the compass. And then from one of these big horns another horn sprouted. It started small, but then grew to an enormous size, facing south and east—toward lovely Palestine. The horn grew tall, reaching to the stars, the heavenly army, and threw some of the stars to the earth and stomped on them. It even dared to challenge the power of God, Prince of the Celestial Army! And then it threw out daily worship and desecrated the Sanctuary. As judgment against their sin, the holy people of God got the same treatment as the daily worship. The horn cast God's Truth aside. High-handed, it took over everything and everyone. "Then I overheard two holy angels talking. One asked, ‘How long is what we see here going to last—the abolishing of daily worship, this devastating judgment against sin, the kicking around of God's holy people and the Sanctuary?' "The other answered, ‘Over the course of 2,300 sacrifices, evening and morning. Then the Sanctuary will be set right again.' "While I, Daniel, was trying to make sense of what I was seeing, suddenly there was a humanlike figure standing before me. "Then I heard a man's voice from over by the Ulai Canal calling out, ‘Gabriel, tell this man what is going on. Explain the vision to him.' He came up to me, but when he got close I became terrified and fell facedown on the ground. "He said, ‘Understand that this vision has to do with the time of the end.' As soon as he spoke, I fainted, my face in the dirt. But he picked me up and put me on my feet.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day,.... When these espousals shall be made, when the marriage of the Lamb will be come, and his bride will be betrothed to him; then the whole creation, the heavens and the earth, shall contribute of their riches and plenty to make a marriage feast for them; or then shall the spouse of Christ, in a very visible and plentiful manner, by virtue of the marriage union between them, partake of all his good things, both temporal and spiritual; and especially the latter, as signified by the former; but yet in the use of means, and as the effect of prayer, as follows:
I will hear, saith the Lord; the petitions of his new married bride, which he cannot deny her :or, "I will answer" a; men oftentimes hear, and answer not; but when the Lord hears his people, he answers them, and grants them their requests; he is a God hearing and answering prayer. So the Targum,
"I will receive your prayer, saith the Lord.''
I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; in these and the following words is an elegant personification, a figure by which inanimate creatures are represented as persons speaking, praying, asking, and being heard and answered; and a beautiful climax, or a chain of second causes linked together, and as depending upon the first cause, the Lord himself; the heavens are represented as desiring the Lord of nature, the Maker and Supporter of them, having been like brass, and shut up, that they might have leave to let down their refreshing dews, and gentle showers of rain, upon the earth; and the earth as being dry and thirsty, as gaping, opening its mouth, and imploring these benign influences of the heavens; and both as answered: for so it may be rendered, "I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth" b; the Lord promises to answer the desires of the heavens, and allow them to drop their dew, and distil their rain; and so they shall answer the cravings of the earth. The spiritual sense may be, according to Schmidt, Christ is he on whom all blessings depend; "heaven" may signify the Holy Spirit Christ gives, who intercedes with him for the saints; the "earth" the ministration of the word and ordinances, by which the Spirit is given, invoked by the ministers of them. Or, as Cocceius, the "heavens" may design the ministers of the church, who govern in it, and who pray and plead for help, assistance, and success; and the "earth" the audience, the common people, who also pray, and are heard and answered, when ministers let down the dew and rain of evangelical doctrine upon them, and water them, and refresh them with it; and such precious seasons as these, as the fruit of prayer, will the saints have in the latter day.
a אענה "respondebo", Calvin, Drusius, Tarnovius, Cocceius. b אענה את שמים "respondebo coelo, et illud respondebit terrae", Cocceius, Drusius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I will hear the heavens ... - As all nature is closed, and would refuse her office to those who rebel against her God, so, when He hath withdrawn His curse and is reconciled to man all shall combine together for man’s good, and, by a kind of harmony, all parts thereof join their ministries for the service of those who are at unity with Him. And, as an image of love, all, from lowest to highest, are bound together, each depending on the ministry of that beyond it, and the highest on God. At each link, the chain might have been broken; but God who knit their services together, and had before withheld the rain, and made the earth barren, and laid waste the trees, now made each to supply the other, and led the thoughts of people through the course of causes and effects up to Himself, whoever causes all which comes to pass.
The immediate desire of His people was the grain, wine and oil; they needed the fruitfulness of the earth; the earth, by its parched surface and gaping clefts, seemed to crave the rain from heaven; the rain could not fall without the will of God. So all are pictured as in a state of expectancy, until God gave the word, and His will ran through the whole course of secondary causes, and accomplished what man prayed Him for. Such is the picture. But, although God’s gifts of nature were gladdening tokens of His restored favor, and now too, under the Gospel, we rightly thank Him for the removal of any of His natural chastisements, and look upon it as an earnest of His favor toward us, the prophet who had just spoken of the highest things, the union of man with God in Christ, does not here speak only of the lowest. What God gives, by virtue of an espousal “forever,” are not gifts in time only. His gifts of nature are, in themselves, pictures of His gifts of grace, and as such the prophets employ them. So then God promiseth, and this in order, a manifold abundance of all spiritual gifts. Of these, “corn and wine,” as they are the visible parts, so are they often, in the Old Testament, the symbols of His highest gift, the holy eucharist; and “oil,” of God’s Holy Spirit, through whom they are sanctified.
God here calls “Israel” by the name of “Jezreel,” repealing, once more in the close of this prophecy, His sentence, conveyed through the names of the three children of the prophet. The name “Jezreel” combines in one, the memory of the former punishment and the future mercy. God did not altogether do away the temporal part of His sentence. he had said, “I will scatter;” and, although some were brought back with Judah, Israel remained scattered in all lands, in Egypt and Greece and Italy, Asia Minor, and the far East and West. But God turned His chastisement into mercy to those who believed in Him. Now he changes the meaning of the word into, “God shall sow.” Israel, in its dispersion, when converted to God, became every where the preacher of Him whom they had persecuted; and in Him - the true Seed. whom God sowed in the earth and it “brought forth much fruit,” converted Israel also bore, “some a hundred-fold; some sixty; some thirty.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Hosea 2:21. I will hear, saith the Lord — The sentence is repeated, to show how fully the thing was determined by the Almighty, and how implicitly they might depend on the Divine promise.
I will hear the heavens — The visible heavens, the atmosphere, where vapours are collected. The clouds, when they wish to deposit their fertilizing showers upon the earth.
They shall hear the earth — When it seems to supplicate for rain.
